The Conservatives won a striking general election victory in 1979 and the subsequent years in government demonstrated how well prepared they had been for office.
Perhaps most striking this election cycle was the situation of Étienne Mougeotte, whose run as top editor at the rightist daily Le Figaro began and ended with the presidency of Mr. Sarkozy, the politician he championed and whom he was said to advise.
Perhaps the most striking post-election poll result showed that Obama was seen, by a 49-43 masgin, as the "stronger leader"–a metric that has consistently favored McCain.
Though far from finished, a recent breakthrough in Geneva has put the talks back on track.Even more striking in an election year, the Bush team has eschewed bashing China to win votes.
So what is striking, as the election looms, is the sheer scale of Miliband's repositioning of Labour, both in respect of fundamental policy and the communication of policy - and it is also striking that this has not led to the scale of meltdown in Labour's popularity that New Labour's vanguard would have predicted.
What is most striking about the British election, said John Micklethwait, editor in chief of The Economist, was that it may be the first Western election "based on pain".
The most striking finding of this election eve poll was the extent to which the country remains divided, and apprehensive about a presidential election system that has clearly been tarnished by the 2000 presidential election.
That is a striking number in an election that drew about 1.3 million voters.
ONE of the most striking things about this election campaign has been the almost total lack of debate about policies.
Wednesday could provide one of the striking image of the election: Obama touring the stricken sites in New Jersey alongside Christie, a Republican, contrasting with Romney campaigning in Florida.
